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September 28, 2020
Neither Free Nor Fair? Susan Hyde: Democratic Backsliding in the International Environment
https://soundcloud.com/political-economy-forum-at-university-of-washington/democratic-backsliding-in-the-international-environment Neither Free Nor Fair? podcast #1: Democratic Backsliding in the International Environment. Guest: Susan Hyde, Professor of Political Science and the Avice M. Saint Chair in Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. This episode marks the inaugural podcast in the series, where James Long speaks with Professor Susan Hyde of UC-Berkeley…
September 15, 2020
What is Political Economy? Podcast Episode with Beatrice, James, Rachel & Victor
University of Washington Professors Rachel Heath, James Long, and Victor Menaldo discuss what Political Economy is and what it has to offer. Moderated by Beatrice Magistro: Click here
September 10, 2020
Ronald Coase’s Inimitable Contribution to Evidence Based Policy, By Victor Menaldo
Nobel Prize winning economist Ronald Coase’s 1960 piece, “The Problem of Social Cost”, is one of the most helpful ways to think about cost benefit analysis. It is therefore a pillar of evidence-based policy. Setting the Table: What is Evidence Based Policy? What is evidence-based policy? All public policy starts with a theory,…
August 29, 2020
Center Left Capitalism as the Key to Prosperity, By Victor Menaldo
Capitalism, in its modern form, is only about 250 years old and was ushered in during the industrial revolution. The advent of general-purpose technologies (GPT) transformed the scale of production and put productivity on an exponential growth path for the first time in human history. This ended the Malthusian Trap whereby increased economic productivity engendered…
July 9, 2020
Economic Growth and Increased Productivity is Only Half the Battle, By Taylor D.H. Rockhill
My career as an economist started nearly a decade ago, under the watchful eye of the inimitable Deirdre McCloskey. I still fondly remember reading her beautifully written, formidable Bourgeois trilogy and wondering: will I ever come close to attaining her seemingly bottomless well of knowledge? I highly recommend her Bourgeois books, Cult of Statistical Significance,…
July 8, 2020
F1 VISA Situation for International Students Taking Online Courses, by Beatrice Magistro
Thirteen years ago, a sixteen year-old teenager on a J-1 visa was preparing to enter the US as a high school exchange student, with the hope to live the American dream she had heard about and seen in the movies. I am that student, that experience changed my life and made me fall in love…
June 24, 2020
Where do good governments come from?, by Yu Sasaki
Where do good governments come from? An age old question, it remains pressing today. In countries such as Afghanistan, Libya, and Yemen multiple armed groups have been vying for political authority for years on end. The result: societies that lack a functioning state and, thus, societies wanting of security, infrastructure, and basic services. Rich countries…
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